Also, are there any other worthwhile plugins that anyone uses with Apple Photos? After having a quick play with Photos when it first came out, there was no way I was going to consider it a Lightroom/Aperture replacement, but it was said that it would attract plugins and seeing Tonality available for it is, I think, a good start.

Also, are there any other worthwhile plugins that anyone uses with Apple Photos? After having a quick play with Photos when it first came out, there was no way I was going to consider it a Lightroom/Aperture replacement, but it was said that it would attract plugins and seeing Tonality available for it is, I think, a good start.

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I have the Tonality app on my iMac, but not the plugin I think. I haven't tried any processing in Photos yet.

I'm sure I haven't got the hang of black & white processing yet, but Tonality sometimes gives me options I wouldn't have come up with manually in PS.

I just installed Tonality and have used it, briefly, as an extension in Photos. It works pretty flawlessly. I like all of the options for processing in B&W. This may get me to switch to RAW+jpg so that I can shoot in B&W but process the RAW in Tonality. I have PS, but it just doesn't have the ease of use that I would like.

Here are the two images I processed with Tonality right after installing it:

Correct, it was only because it flashed up as available when I was in the App Store, would never have known about it otherwise, nor does there seem to be much at all online at the moment as regards plugins for Photos.

P.S. early this morning I installed the MacPhun Creative Kit including Tonality Pro and several other photo apps. I was intrigued that the installer searched my computer for apps that it can install plugins to, and located LR, but didn't mention Photos on the list of apps that it searched for. Perhaps Photos extensions work 'automatically'? I assume it doesn't mean that they don't work with Photos: TNcasual already has Tonality up and running as an extension, and flawlessly to boot.

Well I had to upgrade to El Capitan first. Also to make the extension work you have to set it up in System Preferences. Maybe since Photos is a "system" application, it would allow the auto-syncing of the extension.

I've downloaded El Capitan, and at least now I'm starting to see them.

But what is so hard about just making a category for extensions? Just going to the Photography category in the App Store doesn't list out the available ones - which is really what I am looking for. I have to search each app (and there are hundreds) to see if it is an extension or not. I was able to click on a rotating window in the "Featured" section titled "Apps for Photographers," but while most of the ones TN Args mentioned are there, only four apps are actually listed as extensions for Photos. Sigh... There are few things that frustrate me more than computers.

I haven't downloaded any extensions yet, but I'm sure I will once I figure out which ones I want. I assume that I cannot enable any extensions to work in System Preferences until after I actually get some extensions, yes?

Btw, PS Express, which I had previously, is now accessible directly from the mobile version of Photos. I don't know if that classifies it as an extension. I stumbled upon it by accident when I saw a "More" option in the editing tools. It doesn't tell me if there are any other apps like this, but I take it that this was the only one that I have that will work.

PS Express, which I had previously, is now accessible directly from the mobile version of Photos. I don't know if that classifies it as an extension. I stumbled upon it by accident when I saw a "More" option in the editing tools. It doesn't tell me if there are any other apps like this, but I take it that this was the only one that I have that will work.

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It would be very interesting to see if you can open the plugin, edit the image, then import back into photos, as you do with Lightroom.

It used to be Aperture Experts, and was a great resource for Aperture questions. Now they have branched into Photos for OS-X and iOS, plus a lot more (like Lightroom, Capture One, etc.). There is increasing chatter about Photos plug-ins already.

Me, I'm hanging on to Aperture as long as I can but currently reading up on and learning Photos. I'll move eventually but want to be very prepared before I do. I think El Captain might be the last OS to support Aperture, unfortunately.

Also, are there any other worthwhile plugins that anyone uses with Apple Photos? After having a quick play with Photos when it first came out, there was no way I was going to consider it a Lightroom/Aperture replacement, but it was said that it would attract plugins and seeing Tonality available for it is, I think, a good start.

I've downloaded El Capitan, and at least now I'm starting to see them.

But what is so hard about just making a category for extensions? Just going to the Photography category in the App Store doesn't list out the available ones - which is really what I am looking for. I have to search each app (and there are hundreds) to see if it is an extension or not. I was able to click on a rotating window in the "Featured" section titled "Apps for Photographers," but while most of the ones TN Args mentioned are there, only four apps are actually listed as extensions for Photos. Sigh... There are few things that frustrate me more than computers.

I haven't downloaded any extensions yet, but I'm sure I will once I figure out which ones I want. I assume that I cannot enable any extensions to work in System Preferences until after I actually get some extensions, yes?

Btw, PS Express, which I had previously, is now accessible directly from the mobile version of Photos. I don't know if that classifies it as an extension. I stumbled upon it by accident when I saw a "More" option in the editing tools. It doesn't tell me if there are any other apps like this, but I take it that this was the only one that I have that will work.

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If you see PS Express in the "More" section, it is acting as a Photos extension.

It would be very interesting to see if you can open the plugin, edit the image, then import back into photos, as you do with Lightroom.

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It appears to be more seamless than that. There is no need for an "import back into Photos" step. Once you click 'Done' in the extension, you are instantly back in Photos and the image now appears as edited. No need to make a .tiff or .jpeg to get back from the extension into Photos. Rather like I wish LR was with plugins, but isn't.

At least that is what I am seeing with the MacPhun extensions.

P.S. I am more or less trying Photos for the first time here, so perhaps the wrong person to dish out advice, but I am experimenting with this new Photos capability like everyone. Only in my case I never really tried Photos before as it was not usable for my purposes.

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